Tie-truss for railroads



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s. G. SCOTT. V

TIE TRUSS FOR RAILROADS.

Patented'Aug. 10,1886.

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N. m. Fhulvhlho npher. Wnhin UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN e. sooTT, on PLAIN-WELL, MICHIGAN.

TlE-TRUSS FOR RAILROADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,129, dated August 10, 1886.

Application filed April 29, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN G. SooTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainwell, county of Allegan, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Tie-Truss for Railroads, of which the following is a specification. The object of this invention is to truss the ties where the joints between the rails come in To a manner to prevent the weight of the train from settling the rails at this point. This object I accomplish by the means substantially as below described and claimed.

In a general description, the means consist I 5 of a truss-bar beneath the tie where the railjoint is, each end of the truss-bar being from thence extended upward onto and lockedwith the contiguous tie each side of the trussed tie,

and separating-blocks between the ties, to prevent the latter from being drawn toward each other.

In the drawings forming apartof this specification, Figure l is an elevation showing the side of the rail and the end'of the ties; Fig.

2 2, a plan of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a truss-bar in elevation, and Fig. 4 an elevation of separatingblocks.

Referring to the letters ofreference marked on the drawings, D D are two broken rails, and P the ordinary fishjoint at the adjacent ends of the rails. B B are the ties.

It being a well-known fact that the tie or ties at the joints of the rails unduly settle, (because the joint will yield under the weight of 5 the train more readily than the solid portion.

of the rail,) thus making the track uneven, I need not dwell upon, the utility of means to successfully obviate this difficulty. The means employed should be cheap and so simple that 40 the section-men can readily adjust them, so as not to entail an undue expense to the railroac companies.

The truss is shown in Fig.3 disconnected from the ties. The flat portion a supports the tie B, which is beneath the fish-joint P, and the fiat portions a a rest on top of the contiguous ties. The angles a ulock over thesides of the ties, asin Fig. 1. The portions of the truss between the parts a and a a are at upward oblique diverging angles. The side of the truss Serial No. 200,514. (No model.)

ened to the ties and blocks, Figs. 2 and 4. Of

course it will be understood that the plan in Fig. 2 shows only one side of the track, and that the construction is the same at the other rail of the track. By means of this construction the track will not settle more readily at the joint of the rails than at any other point in the rails. Thus the rails in effect, in their capacity to sustain weight, are solid all through, and the ties with which the trussbars are connected are in effect as one broad solid tie.

The blocks a c and strip (1 are preferably wood, whilethe truss-bar is of course strong metal. I

In Fig. l the ties B are shown resting on and supported by the ground in the ordinary manner.

By experiments with thisinvention in alow marshy locality where it seemed impossible to keep the track in order, I find that the rails which had become bent by settling of the joints have actually been straightened by the weight of the passing trains, and that the common clicking sound of the wheels of the train in passing the fish-joints is no longer heard, the wheels rolling over the track as noiselessly as though the rails were continuous.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1 In a railroad, the combination of the joint-supporting tie and the contiguous ties with the metal trnssbar passed beneath said joint-supporting tie, from thence extending both ways obliquely upward, and the ends being anchored directly to the other ties, substantially as set forth.

2. In a railroad, the combination, with the rails'and the ties at the joint of said rails, of separating-blocks between the ties and a and connecting-strip attached to the blocks and ties, and the truss-bar supporting the 15 joint-supporting ties and resting upon and looking over the side of the contiguous ties substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two :0 witnesses.

STEPHEN G. SCOTT.

\Vitnesses:

G130. B. Sco'r'r, EUGENE C. SoUTHARn 

